East Yorkshire local and family history

It is the end of another year and as far as the weather is concerned the contrast with last year could not be greater. It is very mild and I...

Christmas is over, the duck has been eaten, presents exchanged and we have had a traditional long Boxing Day walk. I have a new computer a...

Today is Christmas Eve, grey, cold and damp but nothing like the Arctic conditions of last year. We have now passed the shortest day (21st D...

I often write about the history of Goole or Howden but I was brought up in Eastrington where my mother's family (the Nurses) have lived ...

I was pleased to receive this week a letter from Josephine who has, with the help of some people who used to work there, identified nearly a...

The  junior school in Hailgate was built as Howden Council school and opened in 1912. Next year will therefore be the school centenary and m...

Yesterday was the last session of my Goole history classes before Xmas. We shall resume on Thursday 12th January 2012. It is a very friendly...

My new book about the history of Goole seems to be going well - I think that quite a few are being bought as Xmas presents. I have had qu...

One of the projects which the Howden WEA local history group which I teach has worked on is how Howden was affected by the Second World War....

I was pleased to see Fiona's comment about my previous blog entry describing how she remembered the SS Aire at Saltmarshe. I thought it ...